Cision

APRIL 23, 2015

This post is based on our white paper “ Outside-The-Box Content Marketing for PR.” ” A week into 2014, Mark Schaefer published a blog post that questioned whether content marketing – which he termed “the hottest marketing trend around” – was a sustainable strategy for businesses. What kind?

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Cision

APRIL 16, 2015

Visual media and visual storytelling are on the rise and poised to become two of the major content creation trends in 2015. As with any strategy or tactic, you have to address the “why” first: Why are you using visual media or storytelling? In the case of an infographic, you can use different design principles for different effects.

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Newsfile

JANUARY 24, 2024

AI Integration in Daily Tasks According to the latest annual McKinsey Global Survey on the State of AI , the most commonly reported uses of generative AI tools are in marketing and sales, product and service development and service operations. Storytelling : Storytelling is becoming an increasingly important part of PR.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

As I’ve done in recent years, I’ve asked a whole bunch of smart people for their marketing predictions or PR predictions for the next year. And now on with the marketing and PR predictions for 2020. 1) Marketing embraces sustainability. 2) Marketing analytics enable better efficiency. “In 5) Marketers will slow down.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

The founders tout the software’s “data storytelling at machine scale” to add value to sharing intel – including product news, financial data or analytics. Think again, you may need Scoop.it, a content marketing automation SaaS platform that uses AI to help grow traffic and lead generation through content.

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Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

With all it encompasses – media relations, reputation management, crisis communications, content development, social media management, influencer marketing – and the list goes on – it’s endlessly fascinating. What the PR team does integrates into elements beyond the traditional marketing umbrella it used to sit under. via GIPHY.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

As much as video content has grown in advertising, marketing, and PR , data shows that it continues to expand. Video communications can work well in time-urgent situations, but a controlled message is just that, and it will be questioned if it doesn’t measure up. It’s pure storytelling. Make case studies more visual.

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Marketwired

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

“Whether you’re planning, executing or measuring, there is a growing list of tools that can help with automation, optimization, productivity, granularity and more. The biggest thing to keep in mind is that any tech or tool should empower you to focus on what matters most: critical thinking, relationship-building and storytelling.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

With clear peaks and valleys represented that highlight your ability to engage and spark enthusiasm, you can determine new ways to interest audiences at different times in your marketing programs. Once you identify a study and topics of interest, you can then take existing research and build your own infographics to showcase the information.

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Prohibition

DECEMBER 13, 2022

There’s a vast amount of campaign types for your brand to use to grow online authority, everything from infographics to hero campaigns, to newsjacking campaigns. For more interesting articles from us check out these posts: What online campaigns can teach us about measurement and ROI. The importance of storytelling in PR.

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Konnect Agency

JUNE 8, 2022

Konnect’s website refresh focused on storytelling through simplicity. Konnect’s primary calls to action speak to two different consumers: brands who are looking for a marketing agency, and professionals looking to join the team. Like all things, we must measure to understand if these changes are working for us.

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Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 9, 2019

Machine learning, leaky funnels, value exchange, hypertargeting, and customer advocacy are all opportunities for B2B marketing in a new report by Metia. We’ve published a report this week by my colleague Pete Morgan that explores new approaches to B2B marketing while also recognizing the importance of fundamentals.

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PR 20/20

OCTOBER 31, 2017

We get that annual planning is a beast, and marketers everywhere are wrought with expectation and reporting woes. You need an actionable, original marketing plan —driven by purposeful planning and backed by data—to truly gain executive buy-in. 7 Tips & Tools for Marketing Strategy & Performance. Marketing team.

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PR 20/20

AUGUST 11, 2016

Newhouse School of Public Communications as well as Marketing Management in the Martin J. New technology is being introduced in the marketing world every day, and the demand for top talent is greater than ever before. Modern marketers are expected to master both traditional and digital skills to deliver measureable results.

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Beyond PR

DECEMBER 5, 2017

That’s where your content marketing efforts come into to play. According to HubSpot’s 2017 State of Inbound, the top challenge marketing faces is generating more traffic and leads. Cision® asked hundreds of senior marketers and 81 percent agreed earned media is more effective than paid media. Infographics.

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PR 20/20

AUGUST 11, 2016

Newhouse School of Public Communications as well as Marketing Management in the Martin J. New technology is being introduced in the marketing world every day, and the demand for top talent is greater than ever before. Modern marketers are expected to master both traditional and digital skills to deliver measureable results.

Marketing 40

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 19, 2018

Respondents said storytelling, content marketing and thought leadership will be more important over the next 12 months. Specifically, the survey found storytelling, content marketing and thought leadership topped the list of more than 20 tactics or trends related to PR in terms of importance. 67% said thought leadership.

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Critical Mention

OCTOBER 24, 2019

PR Daily is a news site that delivers news, advice, and opinions on the public relations, marketing, social media, and media worlds. Not only does the site provide great advice to PR pros, its team also disseminates current PR and marketing news updates involving today’s top businesses. Share Tweet Share. Ragan’s PR Daily.

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Shift Communications

APRIL 23, 2015

Although to be clear, this is not a question limited by age; I’ve also gotten the question from career changers or communicators who simply wish to improve their marketability. The digital age requires that the communicator be a better storyteller in a variety of media, and that includes visuals.

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Marketwired

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

#CreativePR, the hashtag, caught our attention at last year’s PRSA conference when Deirdre Breakenridge, Jason Sprenger and Heather Whaling teamed up for their presentation, “Creative PR: Delivering Your Story From Narrative and Design to Measurement.” When you can, offer high resolution photos, videos or infographics.

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Journalistics

JULY 6, 2013

When David Meerman Scott was kind enough to let me review his first pass at Real-Time Marketing & PR a few years ago, I remember thinking how amazing some of the stories were in the book. How ready are you to deal with a real-time marketing & PR event? Let’s take a look at your brand (or your clients for your agency readers).

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The Proactive Report

JANUARY 30, 2015

Robert Rose, Chief Strategy Officer, Content Marketing Institute. 59% od companies surveyed late last year say hiring of content marketing is imminent. 34% of companies say they can’t find people with digital content marketing skills to hire. We are the storytellers and content marketing should be our domain.

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Beyond PR

MAY 12, 2016

Inspired storytelling and strong visuals can help today’s agencies start conversations, interest media and hook new customers for their clients. Photos, short infographics, videos and other visuals create a stronger emotional connection than words alone. Sometimes the adventurous, the forward-thinking, and the bold win the day.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Much of the modern public relations business grew up out of media relations and publicity, rooted in storytelling and editorial engagement. There are examples offline and online in almost every market. Amazon, Google and Facebook created highly efficient digital advertising markets leaving media struggling to compete.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Communicators found their influence grew with executives, even as the functions they performed evolved in 2022; PR and marketing alike battled to win trust amid clutter, noise and skepticism. Every year I read and write about dozens of reports on B2B marketing and PR. 12% say competing go-to-market strategy or goals (KPIs).

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PR Conversations

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Wells Fargo not only publishes great content on its Wells Fargo Stories site, but when I toured their offices, I discovered they are doing some really neat things in terms of storytelling, especially with their internal communications. MasterCard has some great programs, including publishing some industry research.

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Contently - Strategy

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The marketing sales funnel is both simple and confusing. When you map all of your content marketing to the funnel, things get trickier. Most content marketers, unlike sales reps, usually shy away from promotional ad copy that could scare their audience away. What is the content marketing sales funnel?

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Contently - Strategy

JUNE 11, 2020

We’ve extracted the most important healthcare content marketing trends using a combination of quantitative and qualitative data. We also identified common challenges while explaining ways healthcare marketers could overcome them. But if you work in healthcare marketing, life might not look all that different.

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Contently - Strategy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

We’ve extracted the most important healthcare content marketing trends using a combination of quantitative and qualitative data. We also identified common challenges while explaining ways healthcare marketers could overcome them. But if you work in healthcare marketing, life might not look all that different.

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Contently - Strategy

JULY 31, 2019

In the marketing world, professionals tend to glom onto useful marketing buzzwords as a shared language, and those terms can actually prove useful to professionals in adjacent industries. As the marketing and media industries continue to look more and more alike, their lexicons overlap too.

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